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'''Steven Douglas "Steve" Symms''' (born April 23, 1938) is a [[conservative]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[United States Senator]] and [[United States Representative]] for his native state of [[Idaho]]. He served four terms in the House from the 1st congressional district and then in the 1980 Senate election, he narrowly unseated the  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Frank Church]], a nationally known defender of civil liberties. Symms took [[conservative]] stances on significant issues.<ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho teachers attack Symms' voting record|publisher=''The Spokane Chronicle''|date=October 14, 1986|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19861014&id=7kFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4745,2895012|accessdate=December 17, 2021}}</ref> A resident of [[suburb]]an Leesburg, [[Virginia]], Symms is a partner at Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms, a [[lobbying]] firm in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=lobby>{{cite web|url=http://www.lobbycongress.com/symms.html|title=Hon. Steve Symms|publisher=lobbycongress.com|accessdate=December 17, 2021}}</ref>

 

'''Steven Douglas Symms''' (born April 23, 1938), known as '''Steve Symms''', is a [[conservative]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[United States Senator]] and [[United States Representative]] for his native state of [[Idaho]]. He served four terms in the House from the 1st congressional district and then in the 1980 Senate election narrowly unseated incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Frank Church]], a nationally known defender of civil liberties.

 

Symms took [[conservative]] stances on significant issues.<ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho teachers attack Symms' voting record|publisher=''The Spokane Chronicle''|date=October 14, 1986|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19861014&id=7kFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4745,2895012|accessdate=December 17, 2021}}</ref> A resident of [[suburb]]an Leesburg, [[Virginia]], Symms is a partner at Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms, a [[lobbying]] firm in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=lobby>{{cite web|url=http://www.lobbycongress.com/symms.html|title=Hon. Steve Symms|publisher=lobbycongress.com|accessdate=December 17, 2021}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==